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Attire Poll

P: 8/26/2008 1:40:16 PM

fiery

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I know people don't really like talking about how much you are spending so to respect those wishes, I thought I'd do a poll. FYI: my own personal goal of this thread is to get an idea of how much everyone is spending because I don't trust the whole 10% of your budget estimate.

In the total amount, please consider your dress, shoes, accessories, hair/makeup, and your FI's tux(suit), shoes, and accessories. If you care to elaborate please feel free to (I'd love to hear it!!) but not necessary

FYI Question should be how much are you spending? LOL

Posted: 8/26/2008 1:40:16 PM

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P: 8/26/2008 1:47:34 PM
loverocks Cut Rock Total Posts: 183 Last Post: 6/23/2009 Member Since: 3/24/2008	In the total amount, please consider your dress, shoes, accessories, hair/makeup, and your FI's tux(suit), shoes, and accessories. I answered >1500.00 I think for your purpose it might scew your numbers a bit to include hair/makup and FI attire. Generally, when I considered my total budget for me, I budgeted a certain amount for all things that I (bride) will be wearing. So, dress, shoes, veil, accessories, undergarments, alterations, etc. Given this, I would still be over 1500.00, but still I am a little over 10% if that helps. Hair/makup is generally a different animal, IMHO, same as the grooms attire.
Posted: 8/26/2008 1:47:34 PM

P: 8/26/2008 1:49:58 PM
fiery Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,113 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	Date: 8/26/2008 1:47:34 PM Author: loverocks In the total amount, please consider your dress, shoes, accessories, hair/makeup, and your FI's tux(suit), shoes, and accessories. I answered >1500.00 I think for your purpose it might scew your numbers a bit to include hair/makup and FI attire. Generally, when I considered my total budget for me, I budgeted a certain amount for all things that I (bride) will be wearing. So, dress, shoes, veil, accessories, undergarments, alterations, etc. Given this, I would still be over 1500.00, but still I am a little over 10% if that helps. Hair/makup is generally a different animal, IMHO, same as the grooms attire. That makes sense. He and I share an account and are paying for the wedding so I figured I'd throw his expenses in there as well. I'm guessing for guys its about $300 maybe less??
Posted: 8/26/2008 1:49:58 PM

P: 8/26/2008 2:02:04 PM
loverocks Cut Rock Total Posts: 183 Last Post: 6/23/2009 Member Since: 3/24/2008	FI will be very inexpensive (I think 300.00 or less is a good number), unless he plans on buying instead of renting. For budgeting, I would suggest following one of the basic templates that you find on the Knot, weddingchannel, or some of the other websites out there. Then you can tweak it to your needs. On those budgets, you will see that they generally line item it the way I indicated above. But - do it whatever way it works best for you, I am only speaking from my experience.
Posted: 8/26/2008 2:02:04 PM

P: 8/26/2008 2:16:01 PM
angielea Cut Rock Total Posts: 148 Last Post: 8/17/2009 Member Since: 1/20/2008	my budget is probably low for pricescope, but I still answered 1,500+. I would revise the poll to include more price points. Dress 1,200 Shoes $25 Hair & Makeup 100 ? Veil 100? necklace: $150 Justin's Tux& accesories: 300 ?? Total: $1875 total budget: $17,000 Even if I had bought a slightly cheaper dress at $825 I'd still be over the 1,500 mark. This doesn't even count alterations.
Posted: 8/26/2008 2:16:01 PM

P: 8/26/2008 2:44:27 PM
oobiecoo Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,974 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/10/2007	My dress was 300 I think and DH purchased a suit for about 500. Our shoes were 100 or so each, my hair was 60ish, I wore my pearls so I didn't have to buy any jewelery and didn't wear a veil. I was a cheap bride! ************************************* "Love is a great beautifier."- Louisa May Alcott
Posted: 8/26/2008 2:44:27 PM

P: 8/26/2008 3:30:31 PM
kittybean Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,070 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 5/2/2008	Here is how I'm guessing my attire costs will break down: Dress: $800 Shoes: $100 Alterations: $300 Veil: $ 40 -- will be made by FMIL Hair: $120 Makeup: $120 Tuxedo: $500 -- FI is going to buy TOTAL: $1980 ETA: Forgot jewelry! I have no idea what I'll be buying, if anything, but I'm going to try to keep it under $300 or so if I do buy anything. (That would bring the total to $2280.) I'd throw the 10% estimate out the window and find attire that you are comfortable with and that is at a price you feel comfortable with paying.
Posted: 8/26/2008 3:30:31 PM

P: 8/26/2008 3:38:22 PM
Mayflower25 Rough Rock Total Posts: 96 Last Post: 6/3/2009 Member Since: 5/21/2007	I voted $1500++ Here's the breakdown: Me: - Dress: 3,200 (includes veil) - Shoes: 350 - Hair / Makeup: ~150 - Accessories: probably 0, I'll borrow from my sisters & mom Him: - Tux: ~2000 (buying, including alterations) - Shoes: ~300 - Cufflinks: ~200 Total: ~$6,200
Posted: 8/26/2008 3:38:22 PM

P: 8/26/2008 3:43:12 PM
geckodani Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,177 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2008	Let's see. We ended up with: Dress: 500, including alterations. Shoes: 60 Veil: 50 Jewelry: 100 DH Tommy Bahama shirt: 150 DH pants: 40 DH Shoes: 20 Hair & Nails: 100 Run turkey, RUN! (Little man in the avatar is my nephew.)
Posted: 8/26/2008 3:43:12 PM

P: 8/26/2008 3:47:46 PM
Addy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,915 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 10/20/2007	My attire: $650-700 His attire: $400-450 Edit to include break downs. Dress - $150 Alterations - $150 Shoes - $40 Jewelery - $310 Suit - $300 Alterations - $40 Shirt and tie - $80
Posted: 8/26/2008 3:47:46 PM

P: 8/26/2008 3:49:47 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 8/26/2008 2:16:01 PM Author: angielea my budget is probably low for pricescope, but I still answered 1,500+. I would revise the poll to include more price points. Ditto... under $1500 would always qualify as a bargain/low budget, IMO. The average wedding dress is supposedly about $1000--I forget where I read that, though. My dress: $1825 (includes $150 for custom length since I'm SHORT) My alterations: $230 My shoes: $140 My jewelry: $170 (doesn't include my necklace, a wedding gift from FI) My veil: $15 (probably, haven't made it yet) My hair pins: $30 (probably, haven't found 'em, but this is the budget) My hair/makeup: $375 (including trial) FI's suit: $510 (we bought, as opposed to renting--the rental would've been $165) FI's shirt/vest/tie rental: $30 (if I'm remembering correctly) FI's shoes: $65 (he needed some anyway) Total: $3,390 $2405 for just my attire (not including hair/makeup, I don't...) and $605 for FI's.
Posted: 8/26/2008 3:49:47 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:07:08 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 8/26/2008 3:49:47 PM Author: musey Date: 8/26/2008 2:16:01 PM Author: angielea my budget is probably low for pricescope, but I still answered 1,500+. I would revise the poll to include more price points. Ditto... under $1500 would always qualify as a bargain/low budget, IMO. The average wedding dress is supposedly about $1000--I forget where I read that, though. Maybe this breakdown would be more realistic? $0-500 $501 - 1000 $1,001 - 2,000 $2,001 - 3,000 $3,001 - 4,000 $4,001 - 5,000 $5,001 - 6,000 $6,001 - 7,000 $7,001 +
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:07:08 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:12:13 PM
julesbeth Ideal Rock Total Posts: 738 Last Post: 5/5/2009 Member Since: 1/10/2008	We sound like ballers from this poll, don't we!? I never did a break down of costs - it's a bit scary! Dress: $1800 + $425 for alterations (ouch! But got a gorgeous free veil out of the deal) Shoes:$60 (but I might be too tall for my dress and need shorter ones... Jewelry:$400 (My fabulous mother bought me pearl earrings and bracelet) Hair Jewelry: $70 My hair/makeup: $250 FI's suit: $300 (we bought, too:) FI's shirt & tie l: $150 FI's shoes: $70 Painful total: $3,525
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:12:13 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:12:37 PM
Addy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,915 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 10/20/2007	I agree. I had a small budget and still ended up in one of the top categories according to the poll. I think this poll might be more realistic for just the dress. By the time you include alterations, and DH's attire it's hard not to break at least $1000 with the least expensive attire you can find.
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:12:37 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:13:20 PM
LAJennifer Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,168 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/2/2005	I didn't vote - because I agree my total would skew what you're really after: My dress - $299 (with coupon from David's Bridal) Alterations - $100 from Lady Jane in Toluca Lake (included hem, bra cups, take in at sides and bustle) My shoes - $15 on ebay My husbands attire - $1800, an Armani suit (at least he can wear it again) My hair and makeup - $150 _____________________________ "Hello Dollies" Combine 1 stick melted butter and 2 cups graham cracker crumbs. Press in greased 9x13 pan. On top, layer 1 package chocolate chips, 1 package peanut butter chips, 1 12oz can lightly salted peanuts. Top with 1 small can sweetened condensed milk (I use fat free big deal!). Bake at 350 for 25 minutes (the edges should be bubbly). I recommend not cutting them until the next day because it seems to take that long for the graham cracker bottom to really harden.
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:13:20 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:44:21 PM
pjean Ideal Rock Total Posts: 866 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 11/27/2007	I replied in the $501-$1000 range, but I actually have no idea what my FI will end up spending, so I'm assuming equal to me. My current budget is $500 all in. My dress was $262. I still need alterations and shoes. If there's money left over, then I'll think about jewelry, special underwear (my dress doesn't require anything unusual), hair and makeup, etc. Sigh... budget is not my favourite word. ETA: assuming that my FI will spend $500 or less is actually wildly optimistic, since he doesn't want to wear his current good suit - it wouldn't feel special enough. We aren't planning for a tux, and his suit cost $1000. So more special than $1000 is not likely to be under $500, unfortunately.
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:44:21 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:51:18 PM
fiery Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,113 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	Date: 8/26/2008 4:12:13 PM Author: julesbeth We sound like ballers from this poll, don't we!? I never did a break down of costs - it's a bit scary! Dress: $1800 + $425 for alterations (ouch! But got a gorgeous free veil out of the deal) Shoes:$60 (but I might be too tall for my dress and need shorter ones... Jewelry:$400 (My fabulous mother bought me pearl earrings and bracelet) Hair Jewelry: $70 My hair/makeup: $250 FI's suit: $300 (we bought, too:) FI's shirt & tie l: $150 FI's shoes: $70 Painful total: $3,525 That's kind of why I said that I would do an anonymous poll so that anyone who is spending more than what I considered to be ++ doesn't feel bad and anyone spending less doesn't feel bad either. The reason why I didn't add more than $1,500 is because according to theknot and other budget places, I should only spend about $1,500. I thought that was a little off so I wanted to see how many are spending less and how many are spending more.
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:51:18 PM

P: 8/26/2008 4:59:46 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 8/26/2008 4:51:18 PM Author: fieryred33143 The reason why I didn't add more than $1,500 is because according to theknot and other budget places, I should only spend about $1,500. I thought that was a little off so I wanted to see how many are spending less and how many are spending more. I've always found theknot.com's percentages to be pretty meaningless. It gives you something to start with, then you can give and take in certain areas to balance things out... but its usefulness expires at that point. For example, my floral budget is WAY less than the suggested percentage, but my attire and photography budgets are more. We also didn't include rings in the budget, they are an outside expense to us, not immediately involved in the day-of... so the percentage allotted for that is redistributed elsewhere.
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:59:46 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:06:02 PM
marchswallowbird Ideal Rock Total Posts: 849 Last Post: 9/28/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2008	So far here's my breakdown: Dress: $700 Alterations: $250 max (could be less) Veil: $45 (purchased online) Shoes: $80 Jewelry: TBD, estimated $150 His Tux, etc: TBD, estimated $300 (I have no idea, really, what the cost is -- will be a rental) Hair and make-up: TBD, estimated $500 (partly because of travel costs) Brunch dress for the day after: $275 Shoes for the day after: TBD, estimate $150 I think it also depends on what part of the country you're in. As I was gown shopping, the one I thought I'd buy ranged from $700 to $1,000 at various bridal stores in Los Angeles. Another PS-er in Wisconsin paid $600 for the exact same dress.
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:06:02 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:09:19 PM
fiery Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,113 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	Date: 8/26/2008 4:59:46 PM Author: musey Date: 8/26/2008 4:51:18 PM Author: fieryred33143 The reason why I didn't add more than $1,500 is because according to theknot and other budget places, I should only spend about $1,500. I thought that was a little off so I wanted to see how many are spending less and how many are spending more. I've always found theknot.com's percentages to be pretty meaningless. It gives you something to start with, then you can give and take in certain areas to balance things out... but its usefulness expires at that point. For example, my floral budget is WAY less than the suggested percentage, but my attire and photography budgets are more. We also didn't include rings in the budget, they are an outside expense to us, not immediately involved in the day-of... so the percentage allotted for that is redistributed elsewhere. Wanna hear something funny?? According to the knot, our wedding rings budget is $200. Yeah, I don't think so LOL
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:09:19 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:12:47 PM
Addy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,915 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 10/20/2007	Our ring budget was $40 each according to theknot. When I turned on the recommendations theknot said I should look at silver rings. But it gave me several hundred in floral and almost a thousand in attire. Stupid knot.
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:12:47 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:22:01 PM
marchswallowbird Ideal Rock Total Posts: 849 Last Post: 9/28/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2008	My wedding ring alone is costing $1,300. Have no idea what his will be yet. But it will be platinum, so it certainly won't be $200!
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:22:01 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:32:56 PM
swimmer Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,947 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/9/2007	We didn't go by those percentages at all, you will find that some things cost more than you like and then some things cost less than you expect...just strive to not have all categories go over... my breakdown: Dress: $376 Sample from Priscilla's Alterations: $300 (I'm shaped strangely, it was a lot of work) Jewelery: $20 earrings at Macys Shoes: $18 ballet slippers at Dillards Hair and makeup: free, thanks to sorority sisters' talents DH's Suit: $500 with friends and family discount at Bloomies DH's shoes: $275 " DH's shirt and tie: $120 " Getting him the getup for the next hundred weddings/funerals/high holy days: priceless! Then I got to splurge on 5 hours of openbar and a ton of flowers. Spend the money where you care...the knot guidelines are meant to be flexible.
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:32:56 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:35:09 PM
Mayflower25 Rough Rock Total Posts: 96 Last Post: 6/3/2009 Member Since: 5/21/2007	I definitely agree that the wedding budget calculators can be WAY off. The budget depends on whats most important to the couple, not just some standard allocation. FI and I are focusing on buying wedding attire that will definitely be worn again for several years (except for my dress, unfortunately ). Ex: I've purchased silver heels rather than white, etc. Other items just happen to be less expensive than I had expected such as flowers and catering, and this evened out our budget.
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:35:09 PM

P: 8/26/2008 5:50:44 PM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,162 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 8/26/2008 5:35:09 PM Author: Mayflower25 FI and I are focusing on buying wedding attire that will definitely be worn again for several years (except for my dress, unfortunately ). Ex: I've purchased silver heels rather than white, etc. We did that, as well. I think our attire budget would have decreased significantly if it had been single-day focused... my shoes are totally re-wearable (gold flats), my jewelry was all stuff I wanted to get anyway (antique watch and locket). Other than my dress, all the stuff bought just for the day-of (my "pearls," for example) was cheapy stuff. FI's suit cause a big bump to the budget, because we'd originally planned to rent him a tux. We figured, though, that at 24 we're at the age where we'll have a lot of weddings, etc. to go to within the next 5-8 years, so he'll get great use out of his new suit.
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:50:44 PM

P: 8/26/2008 7:44:17 PM
brazen_irish_hussy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,535 Last Post: 12/27/2008 Member Since: 6/13/2006	Here is mine, roughly: Dress:1,200 Alterations: 110 Tiara (I am not having a veil): 75 Jewelry: 70 Make up: 90 Hair: 50 Shoes: 90 My FI Paul Smith suit that was built for him and can be rewarn: 1,200 Shoes: 70 shirt:30 Vest (don't have yet): 50-100 We are not even having a big fancy wedding; the venue only cost $2,000. I think around $800-1,500 sounds about average for a gown and that doesn't cover all the other stuff.
Posted: 8/26/2008 7:44:17 PM

P: 8/26/2008 7:53:47 PM
Haven Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,055 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/16/2007	Dress $3500ish (including alterations, which were $375, if I remember correctly) Shoes $70 Hair & Makeup $200 (including my FABULOUS hair extensions!) Veil $575 necklace: $150 (didn't even end up wearing the necklace, my mom surprised me with a chain holding my parents' original wedding bands, and her parents' original wedding bands) Hubby's Morning Suit: $150 (rental) Total: $4645 total budget: $35,000ish That would be more than 10% for us, and most of it was for me. ********************************************************** "I'm sorry I ruined your lives and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR." - Buddy the Elf "Let your inner Liz Taylor out and rock it." - diamondfan
Posted: 8/26/2008 7:53:47 PM

P: 8/26/2008 9:20:47 PM
anchor31 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,358 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/18/2005	Dress: 600$ + tax Shoes: 0$ (old HS prom shoes) Accessories: 18$ (hair jewellery, I borrowed the rest) Veil: 0$ (seamstress made it for free) Hair/make-up: 100$ DH's tux: 0$ (5th tux rental for free at the rental shop) Total: 700$-ish Total budget: 8k, but we spent 7.5k... So we were pretty close to the 10%. ******** R & J 08-02-08 Expecting baby on 12-30-09
Posted: 8/26/2008 9:20:47 PM

P: 8/26/2008 10:38:31 PM
mimzy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,812 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/17/2007	our breakdown was..... dress - 1200 veil - 18 (DIY) shoes - 33 jewelery - 30 (rewearing pearls FI got me a long time ago, bought new earrings for reception) hair - 75 makeup - free (DIY) purse - ??? (not spending more than 15 though) alterations - estmated 120 FI's tux rental - 40 (was actually free but he's splitting his discount with his groomsmen) so...total is just over 1,500. our total budget was about 19k, so we're spending about 7% of our budget on attire/etc [it's good to be good to people you don't understand]
Posted: 8/26/2008 10:38:31 PM

P: 8/27/2008 12:56:40 AM
SarahLovesJS Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,973 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	I voted $1500+ because my dress and veil (veil was free, but had to pay for blusher) were around $1200. My shoes were like $30. Jewelry was a little over $200 I think total. Hair and make-up I budgeted like $300. And FI's tux will probably be around $200. ETA: Total budget is around 29,000 right now including honeymoon. Mrs. S<3JS
Posted: 8/27/2008 12:56:40 AM

P: 8/27/2008 7:57:10 AM
violet02 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,167 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 9/5/2007	Eh okay I'll share our breakdown currently. And keep i mind I started out with a 2k tops dress budget. Maybe 3k tops for everything! Me: Dress: $3222.45 Alterations: $500 maybe, not sure yet. Shoes: $677.75 (re-wearable manolo's in silver!) Bracelet, earrings, veil and headwrap (custom made): $1726.94 - at that point I quit looking at price tags and handed over the charge card, ouch! Spanx: $50 or so? Plus a bustier from the shop, no clue on cost there yet. Hair/Makeup is $1185.00, before you freak out! She required we pay for 4 of us to get done for her to travel so that's what i'm paying for the bridal party. For me it would have been say $600 or so, so I'll just count the 600. Him: Shoes: $406 (bruno magli re-wearable!) Tux: Free because of all the other rentals (he has a gorgeous armani suit but he wouldnt' have matched the other guys so we went with the tux rental) Vest: Custom made by a local SF tailor who does 1940s and 50s style menswear (white silk and tweed) $248.64 Tie: Custom made seven fold tie $135.62 made from the exact material of my wedding dress (we ordered it) so tack on an additional 135.63 for a total of $271.25 Cufflinks: Mother of pearl and crystal $85.37 Our total: $7788.40 and counting dependng on what else crops up! Yowch... Okay so in terms of our 'budget' or what we're spending, do you not count the rings or do you count them? I was not counting them originally in our budget. Also we had to rent a house for a week to have the house for the wedding day itself. The house for the week is 5k, the day of is 3k. So do you count the 8 or the 3? We'll make back some of the 5 from friends staying in the house with us though... I was only counting the 3... oh but it gets worse when you take that new number and realize you're still somehow spending MORE Than that on gosh knows what! ETA: Either way we add it up we spent more than 10% of our budget on attire.
Posted: 8/27/2008 7:57:10 AM

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